Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, 45,000 nurses in Iran have been infected with the disease.
According to the Iranian Deputy Minister of Health for Nursing, about 45,000 nurses have been infected with the disease since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.
According to IRNA, Maryam Hazrati, speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, December 16, on the occasion of Nurses' Week, said about the number of nurses who have died from the coronavirus that there are no accurate statistics on this matter.
This is despite the fact that in early November of this year, the Secretary General of the Nursing Home announced the number of nurses who had died from Corona as 60, and the nationwide nursing system announced this figure as 84 in December of this year.
According to a report by the nursing system, 30 of these nurses lost their lives in November.
The Iranian Deputy Minister of Health for Nursing continued his press conference today about the shortage of nurses and recruitment, saying: "Based on the defined standards, we should have 2.5 nurses per bed, but now it is around 1.1."
According to Ms. Hazrati, the number of nurses must more than double to create a standard situation.
The issue of work pressure on medical staff, especially nurses, due to the coronavirus pandemic has been raised in recent months, as the Deputy Minister of Nursing at the Ministry of Health confirmed today that nurses' wages have decreased due to a decrease in hospital income.
On December 27, members of the Supreme Council and heads of the nursing system boards across the country warned the president about the spread of protests and dissatisfaction among nurses in a letter to the president.
In this letter, the most important problems of nurses during the Corona period were announced as "fatigue; exhaustion and hard work, shortage of personnel, reduction in payments, failure to fully implement the extraordinary special provisions, lack of occupational safety, high incidence of illness, and failure to implement the approvals of the National Corona Headquarters."
Source: HRANA
